Monkeys as Burglars
As well os the cat burglar there is now the monkey crook. Flat robbers in Chicago are training small monkeys to slip through a narrow skylight and open the door to their owners. _ 'if a Chicago monkey is anything like a Chicago racketeer its capacities for mischief would only be restricted by its size. Still, on the whole one would rather meet an anthropoid ape than a sturdy henchman of a gang. According to its capacity the monkey does fight fair, and is not in the habit of using a machine gun.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 5609, 25 March 1931, Page 12
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95Monkeys as Burglars Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 5609, 25 March 1931, Page 12
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